Electronic Apparatus and Fabrication Method Therefor

1. An electronic apparatus including a first face, a second face which is a face on an opposite side to the first face, and an outer peripheral face which is a face which surrounds the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is viewed in a first direction which is a direction in which the first face and the second face oppose to each other, the electronic apparatus comprising; a first cover having a first face portion which configures the first face and covers a plurality of parts built in the electronic apparatus and a peripheral face portion which configures the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a second cover having a second face portion which configures the second face and covers the plurality of parts and a peripheral face portion which configures the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; and a frame having a peripheral wall portion formed along the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus and surrounding the plurality of parts and having the plurality of parts attached thereto; the peripheral face portion of the first cover including a portion located from the frame in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and an attachment hole formed in the portion; the frame having an attachment hole corresponding to the attachment hole of the first cover; the peripheral face portion of the first cover being fixed to the frame by a fixture inserted in the attachment hole of the first cover and the attachment hole of the frame.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall portion of the frame has a portion which is exposed between an edge of the first cover and an edge of the second cover which oppose to each other in the first direction.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the exposed portion of the frame has formed thereon at least one of an insertion slot for an optical disk, an aperture for exposing a connector therethrough and a vent hole.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the frame has a portion on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion thereof, the portion covering at least one of the plurality of parts in the first direction.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a cooling fan is disposed on the inner side of the peripheral wall portion of the frame; and the portion of the frame covers the cooling fan in the first direction and defines a flow path for an air flow formed by the cooling fan.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the portion of the frame has side wall portions which surrounds an outer periphery of the cooling fan.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral face portion of the first cover includes a plurality of face portions surrounding the peripheral wall portion of the frame, the portion of the peripheral face portion of the first cover that has the attachment hole is one of the plurality of face portions, the other of the plurality of face portions have no attachment hole to which a fixture is inserted.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral face portion of the second cover includes a plurality of face portions surrounding the peripheral wall portion of the frame, one of the plurality of face portions of the second cover has an attachment hole formed therein, a fixture is inserted into the attachment hole of the one of the plurality of face portions and an attachment hole formed in the peripheral wall portion of the frame, the other of the plurality of face portions have no attachment hole to which a fixture is inserted.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a circuit board is attached to the frame; and the circuit board is located from the peripheral wall portion of the frame in the first direction.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall portion of the frame has a tubular shape; and the frame has, at part thereof on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion, a portion which covers the plurality of parts surrounded by the peripheral wall portion and is open, at other part thereof on the inner side of the peripheral wall portion, to one side in the first direction and an opposite side to the one side.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall portion of the frame has a tubular shape; and the frame has, on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion, a portion which covers a first part, which is one of the plurality of parts, on one side in the first direction and a portion which covers a second part, which is another one of the plurality of parts, on the opposite side in the first direction.

12. A fabrication method for an electronic apparatus including a first face, a second face which is a face on an opposite side to the first face, and an outer peripheral face which is a face which surrounds the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is viewed in a first direction which is a direction in which the first face and the second face oppose to each other, the fabrication method comprising: preparing a first cover having a first face portion for configuring the first face and a peripheral face portion for configuring the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; preparing a second cover having a second face portion for configuring the second face and a peripheral face portion for configuring the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; preparing a frame having a peripheral wall portion formed so as to extend along the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; disposing a plurality of parts on an inner side of the peripheral wall portion and attaching the plurality of parts to the frame; covering the plurality of parts and the frame with the first cover; covering the plurality of parts and the frame with the second cover; and inserting a fixture into an attachment hole formed in the peripheral face portion of the first cover and located from the frame in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and an attachment hole formed in the peripheral wall portion of the frame to fix the peripheral face portion of the first cover to the peripheral wall portion of the frame by the fixture.

13. An electronic apparatus including a first face, a second face which is a face on an opposite side to the first face, and an outer peripheral face which is a face which surrounds the electronic apparatus when the electronic apparatus is viewed in a first direction which is a direction in which the first face and the second face oppose to each other, the electronic apparatus comprising: a first cover having a first face portion which configures the first face and covers a plurality of parts built in the electronic apparatus and a peripheral face portion which configures an outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; a second cover having a second face portion which configures the second face and covers the plurality of parts and a peripheral face portion which configures the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus; and a frame having a peripheral wall portion formed along the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus and surrounding the plurality of parts and having the plurality of parts attached thereto; the outer peripheral face of the electronic apparatus including a front face, a left side face, a right side face and a rear face; each of the peripheral face portion of the first cover and the peripheral face portion of the second cover including a front face portion, a left side face portion, a right side face portion and a rear face portion which configure the front face, the left side face, the right side face and the rear face of the outer peripheral face portion of the electronic apparatus, respectively; wherein only the rear face portion from among the front face portion, the left side face portion, the right side face portion and the rear face portion of the first cover being fixed to the peripheral wall portion of the frame by a fixture.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the front face portion, the left side face portion and the right side face portion of the first cover has an engaging portion for engaging with the peripheral wall portion of the frame; and at least one of the front face portion, the left side face portion and the right side face portion of the second cover has an engaging portion for engaging with the peripheral wall portion of the frame.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a gap is provided between the front face portion of the first cover and the front face portion of the second cover; the peripheral wall portion of the frame has at least one of an insertion slot for an optical disk and a connector; and at least one of the insertion slot for an optical disk and the connector is exposed from the gap and is provided at a position recessed with respect to the front face portion of the first cover and the front face portion of the second cover.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an exhaust port is provided in the peripheral wall portion of the frame; and an aperture for exposing the exhaust port therethrough is formed at least at one of the rear face portion of the first cover and the rear face portion of the second cover.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a connector is provided on the peripheral wall portion of the frame; and an aperture for exposing the connector therethrough is formed at least at one of the rear face portion of the first cover and the rear face portion of the second cover.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a circuit board is attached to the frame and covered with one of the first cover and the second cover.

19. The fabrication method according to claim 12 , further comprising attaching a circuit board to the frame and covering the circuit board with one of the first cover and the second cover.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a circuit board is attached to the frame and covered with one of the first cover and the second cover.

21. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral face portion of the first cover includes a third face portion located from the frame in the second direction and having the attachment hole formed in the third face portion, and includes a fourth face portion located from the frame in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the fourth face portion including an engaging portion formed in the fourth face portion and engaging with the frame, the peripheral face portion of the first cover is fixed to the frame by a fixture inserted in the attachment hole of the first cover and the attachment hole of the frame and by the engaging portion of the fourth face portion of the first cover.

22. The fabrication method according to claim 12 , wherein the peripheral face portion of the first cover includes a third face portion located from the frame in the second direction and a fourth face portion located from the frame in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the third face portion has the attachment hole formed therein, and the fourth face portion includes an engaging portion formed therein, the fabrication method comprises engaging the engaging portion of the fourth face portion of the first cover with the frame, inserting the fixture into the attachment hole formed in the peripheral face portion of the first cover and the attachment hole formed in the peripheral wall portion of the frame to fix the peripheral face portion of the first cover to the peripheral wall portion of the frame by the fixture and the engaging portion.

23. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the left side face portion and the right side face portion includes an engaging portion for engaging with the frame, the peripheral face portion of the first cover is fixed to the frame by the fixture and the engaging portion.